We stayed at the Palace for 8 days at the end of Feb 2012. I travled with my wife, brother inlaw and his wife. From start to finish it was a perfect vacation. Check in was a breeze, fast and informative with a great info packet that has everything you need to know for a great stay on the resort. The layout of the Palace is very compact, from any Villa you have a very short walk to the Spa, beach, pool, casino, lobby and food. The entire resort is big but not overwhelming at all, from Villa 95 to the corner of Bavaro the location of the 24 hour Sports Bar was just a 8 minute brisk walk and I believe that is across the entire resort. From the Palace to Punta Cana section is less than a 5 minute walk for great food options. The Spa was very clean and the fitness room had everything one would need to burn off the morning buffet. The rooms are very clean and comfortable with plenty of space. The A/C was great, the room was never hot or sticky. The shower was hot and the water pressure very good. The maid service does a great job keeping the rooms up to par, clean with fresh towls and a full mini fridge. Keep in mind this is a tropical resort on the ocean not Caesars Palace in Vegas, with that in mind I believe the up keep of the property is unreal. The gardens are maintained every day, I could not believe the work they put into keeping the resort perfect. Same thing on the beach, every morning the beach is raked by hand and all seaweed is picked up for your enjoyment all day. If you look around and take notice to all of the hard work these people are doing you will appreciate the surroundings so much more. The beach goes on for miles, walk to the right you will pass some vendors and they will ask you to visit the stores and can be aggresive. Walk to the left and you will have nothing but resorts and will not be approched by any vendors. The white sand is as BEAUTIFUL as any beach I have ever been on! The food and wait staff also much better than what I expected after reading some reviews. At breakfest the food option are plentiful, eggs to order, crepes made in front of you with wonderful fresh toppings, fresh fruit, bacon, potatoes and chocolate filled pastries to die for to name a few. My tip, visit the same server every morning and tip, you will never have an empty cup of coffee or Mimosa. For lunch visit a few other buffets as they do offer other food options. Walk the beach to the new beach terrace at the Punta Cana section for fresh grilled paninis as you sit by the ocean, this was my favorite lunch.

With so many dinner options we did not have enough time to try them all. If you like Japanese sit table side and enjoy a great show, this was my favorite dinner. We had this 2 evening and both nights the food was consistent and so very good. Shrimp and salmon, WOW. On the Punta Cana section is the new steak house and Italian resturants and both provided us with perfect dinner experiences. At the steak house if you get there early buy a bottle of wine and ask to sit in the VIP room, what a wonderful place to have dinner. At the Italian resturant the tomato soup was so good my wife had it for a starter then for dessert. I can not complain about any of our meals at all, in fact I can't recall any negatives that has any merit. I suggest getting Lobster at the Mediterranean resturant, for a $35.00 charge it was well worth it.

We enjoyed spending some time at the pool too, very relaxing and the swim up bar is always a great way to end the day in the sun. The pool bar and lobby bar staff will make you smile, laugh and even dance a little. Great group of people!

I have visited many islands in the past and the Palace is on the top of my list for many reasons but number one are the people working for you to make sure the stay is enjoyable. If you get to know the people taking care of you and tip them as they deserve it, your expectations will be exceeded as mine had been. Thank you Palladium Palace and staff for a providing myself and family wonderful experience.

Upon arrival we were greeted by our member relations adviser. He was more interested in convincing us to upgrade Palace Membership than explaining the Member Benefits at this specific resort. We had to reset the room swipe card daily which was frustrating since the main lobby was a 10 minute walk from the room. When calling member relations, long wait on hold so typically had to hang up. Long wait to reserve spa, tours etc due to new Palace Resort central computer server located in Mwxico. It took 2 hours to reserve 1 tour & 1 SPA massage. Service at restaurants was slow. Too crowded, too large of a resort for me. Inaccurate billing required time consuming discussion with member services to resolve, resulting in less leisure time to relax. Only good thing was the golf.

We are Canadian and traveled to this resort on Feb 22 2012 for one week. Upon arrival we were upgraded to the Royal Suites Tourqusia due to an overbooking for the loft suites some other travelers were actually down graded due to this. The upgrade was neat we had our own pool area, pool bar, restruant and we were able to make reservations for any restraunt which other people if not staying at the Royal suites cannot, and have to wait for a table(usually 40-80min). We were able to go anywhere on the resort but others could not come to our area. I am an experienced traveler my boyfriend is not, so he had nothing to compare to. First of all, 5 star my [--]!! Ive stayed at a 3 star in Pureto Plata DR which was better than this. Food was awful (and I am not a pickey eater!) service was terrible, staff was rude and I have about 20 bites on my legs due to bed bugs, also no one spoke english!! Not even other travelers. This resort was to big, it was a 30-40 min walk to go get a snack at the sports bar if nothing else was serving food. The sports bar did have decent snacks. Everything is overpriced(example, a Punta Cana bag for $70) and the shops will not bargain down prices.. beach vendors will but are VERY aggressive they are almost anywhere you go, but this was bad they would actually grab my arm and pull me to their shop. Nightly shows were sloppy.. and we not that entertaining. The beaches are beautiful and the weather was great, I think that is the only positive about this resort. I did enjoy myself but I would never return or recommend this resort. Please second guess yourself before booking this, I read a lot of reviews on here and didn't see too much negative besides the food. I am not a complainer and this is my first review due to the fact that this is truly a terrible resort if you are looking for a great get away!

We stayed in the Grand Palladium Palace during the second half of January 2012.
Officially a 5 star hotel, but I would settle for 4 stars. Rooms are ample and very clean, have jet-stream bath (no real jacuzzi), and bathroom with shower and toilet.
The resort is really vast, and has several swimming pools.
The beach is lovely: white sand, palm trees, clear calm seawater, due to the coral reef.
The all inclusive means of course: free meals and drinks, wine during the meals etc.
But also: free snorkeling, catamaran sailing, and so on.
The food is buffet style, but there are also 'à la carte' restaurants.
Quality of food and variety are ok, but food is too often teppid. Wine: very good.
In the reception hall, you have free wifi.
Staff is very friendly, if you give them a small tip (1$) once in a while.
We will probably go back next year.